As seen on the Flynn's Arcade project, I modified my IL pushbuttons from Arcade Paradise. The led's wire are cut if you use their leafswitch as is, no problem with other switch. You have to put them lower in the pushbuttons drilling another hole. It's easy but you have to be careful to not drill the wires in the operation.

Yeah, when Nephasth originally did that modification to those LEDs on The Beast many years ago, I knew I had to do it too. It worked out great.

Thanks Yotsuya. I didn't want a Christmas tree but I liked the idea to show a little light for the buttons used for every game.

As seen on the Flynn's Arcade project, I modified my IL pushbuttons from Arcade Paradise. The led's wire are cut if you use their leafswitch as is, no problem with other switch. You have to put them lower in the pushbuttons drilling another hole. It's easy but you have to be careful to not drill the wires in the operation.

Yeah, when Nephasth originally did that modification to those LEDs on The Beast many years ago, I knew I had to do it too. It worked out great.

Thanks Yotsuya. I didn't want a Christmas tree but I liked the idea to show a little light for the buttons used for every game.

Yeah, that's how I used them, too. I was hesitant, but Neph made it really easy to do and he answered questions that I had.

Good idea mgb I'll really think about it. The buttons came with the led inside, they are IL-lumination RGB 5VDC led's from Arcade Paradise. I don't think they are really compatible with leaf switch, you will cut the wire. No problem with another kind of witch.

I couldn't those on their site. I found the ILs with clear rims and black plungers but that's it. I know I can just get the less seperately. I wish they had the short ones

I put the T-molding tonight. Seems OK. There are some imperfections because I made mistakes cutting the T-slot, it's not evenly centered. I doubt my friends and family will notice that. The more complicated thing was to notch the T-molding for the corners. I use a hair dryer for helping me to bend correctly the T-molding and a rubber mallet.

My top is cut and laminated with Formica. I'm wondering if it's really necessary to put a fan to evacuate hot air. I will play very rarely but I'll play PC games like Mortal combat X (CPU and GC intensive). My config is : gtx 650 + I3 4150 + corsair RM 450. What's your opinion?

My top is cut and laminated with Formica. I'm wondering if it's really necessary to put a fan to evacuate hot air. I will play very rarely but I'll play PC games like Mortal combat X (CPU and GC intensive). My config is : gtx 650 + I3 4150 + corsair RM 450. What's your opinion?

This is coming along nicely. I don't think you would need a fan you have a vent on top and some kind of air in take near the bottom convection does wonders, but adding one would be cheep and easy.

Thx Locke. I've thought about that all day long and I think I'll keep it simple. No vent, no fan. I'll check the temp and if it's too much hot I'll drill holes in the top. I don't think it will be necessary because I won't normally play long enough and I could open the back door for very long sessions with friends.

You don't need a fan/vent/holes. There's a lot of volume in that cab, and as long as the ambient temp of the room is less than the interior temp of the cab, you'll have a sufficient gradient to "pull" heat out - even through a relatively good insulator like wood.

Your project is coming along nicely - you're in the home stretch, keep going!

I had some weird reactions with my U360, in game or in Hyperspin, like the wheel spinning alone. Moreover it was complicated to configure in some emulators. I don't like to have the buttons separated from the joystick. And, right now, I have no use of the analogic mode. So I used the output mode with my Ipac UIO. I cut the end of the wires included with the UIO and use molex instead. The U360 is still powered by USB so I had only for pins to connect: Up, Down, Left, Right. Well, it's perfect now; so much time lost trying to figure what was happening!

News here:It's not anymore a noname projet but the Retro-Geo project I liked a lot the Neo-geo AES system so...Haven't post here since a long time but below is the actual state.Everything is working and I play a lot with my little girl (6 years old). My wife hate it but nothing special here!

As you can see, the only thing missing are graphics to decorate it. Any idea? I was thinking to something in black and white, in wireframe, maybe with the metal slug theme. I think I won't put any graphics on the sides. I found something interesting today. It's not in B&W but it's a start:

Thanks! I don't know for the sides because during the last 2 years I was looking for an inspiration but I'm still with no clear idea of what I want. So, I was thinking maybe a minimalist thing would be better. I'm really not an artist